The elastic that held up ya' socks.
 

Bin ta' gym, wore ankle socks and Oh dear! changed into swimming cossie, after very mild workout you understand. Deep inverted rings round the ankle area, not sitting very well with the cellulite.
Reminded me of the elastic mothers used to give us to hold up our winter socks .. they were made of elastic tied in a knot and invariably lost during the day so that one sock would be up, one round yer ankles like 'Just William'. As long socks were the apparel of winter, taking these off at night was an excruciating experience ... legs cold from the frost and by hek! did the elastic marks itch for a while, used to scratch until they nearly bled, apart from cutting your circulation off for most of the day of course. Some things have definitely improved.
Do men still wear those suspender things for socks, can't see the point myself, and was never privvy to where exactly they were put, below the knee or above. :confused:

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Yes people still wear them. It was one of the less exciting things I had to buy in my old job.

They are worn in the middle of the calf, with the little suspender type fastner holding up a quarter hose sock [short sock.]

There are also sock suspenders for three quarter hose socks [knee length ones.] They are really very much like the knotted bits of elastic of old, and are mainly used for shooting, or to wear with plus twos or fours.

All sock suspenders aren't that good for your circulation.

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I only had to put lastic on my socks when the elastic went.
It was horrible.

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At least Kate's Mum didn't fasten her socks together with elastic, like they used to with mittens so you didn't loose one.

That would have produced some dreadful chaffing.:eek:

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Ugh!......Those awful elasticated Mitten's now they were worse than the flippin sock's.

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our gloves were on a long piece of string and threaded down each sleeve

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Aaah the mittens, yes, but at least you didn't lose one.

Used to chaff my legs anyway as was quite chubby and top of legs met in the middle rubbing together .. worse in the cold. Also think when I was little used to have one or two 'accidents' .. used to giggle a lot ... and didn't help :eek:

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Talking about suspenders...what about the ladies version......when the button fell off you used a sixpence......the older ladies on here will know exactly what I'm talking about. That was the era before tights. Does that make me very old then?

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Talking about suspenders...what about the ladies version......when the button fell off you used a sixpence......the older ladies on here will know exactly what I'm talking about. That was the era before tights. Does that make me very old then?

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Afraid so Margaret:D ...............and

Afraid so Margaret:D

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John.....I was looking to be cheered up......and told 'Of course not!.....just mature' Now you have gone and dashed my hopes.......I should perhaps have told you that i was only 18 months old when I started to wear suspenders :)

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I hope you didn't scweem & scweem & scweem until you were sick!!!

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Oh, my Gawd Romps ... looks just like that me when I was little, don't think I had a speech impediment though :eek:

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First the flesh went from white to red,then a nasty purple colour that hurt and stung at the same time.

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That's Correct !!

Best about Accyweb is that you can 'come out' and have group therapy and admit to all the nasty things that happened to you when you were a kid and now realise no need to be on yer own anymore :D

Margaret .. put a button in my suspenders .. couldn't risk losing a sixpence for heavens sake ! My mum always cut the buttons off discarded clothes, and had a biscuit box absolutely full of 'em. Loved looking through them as I got older and remembered some of the garments I'd had.

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me too katex money was too precious.had to roll my skirt up round the waist because dad wouldn't let me have um shorter.mind you he blasted me good & proper when the mini came in ......oooo mine were short he he he.i was married too. a well memories

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Dare I mention 'hot pants' Had a yellow crimplene all in one .. must have looked 'a site' eh ? Could have done with me long socks then, no doubt.

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I had to roll my skirts up because I wasn't allowed to wear them short.
I had a pair of bright red hot pants with a matching button up the front mini skirt.
I cringe now when I think about that skirt.

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What do you mean, Margaret - old??!!

I still wear stockings with suspenders, can't stand tights, they're unhygienic as well. Why cover your bottom when all you want to cover is your legs? And no, I'm not old, not even maturing - more marinating!

I used to roll my skirt up round my waist as well - we must have looked very odd, short skirt and huge lumpy waist. I think I had the first miniskirt in Accy, back in the 60s. That's why tights came in, cos the mini showed your stocking tops if it was short enough, and mine was.

At Paddock House stockings (60 denier minimum) were part of the winter uniform, along with other items designed to provoke mirth from the Tech boys - Westender will remember only too well!

Anybody remember Liberty bodices? - a sort of thick lumpy vest that itched.

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Ah,remember them well. Horrid uncomfy things with tiny fiddly buttons up the front.

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I think the reference to a sixpence dates you (and me) somewhat :p

I went through a phase of using stockings when I was in my early 20's and it turned out that my mum (brought up during the war and all that) had kept all her old stockings from the 50's because she couldn't bring herself to throw them away when they went out of fashion and she'd kept them all that time!

However, these were 'industrial strength' stockings which didn't stretch so much and so I couldn't use them as they didn't fit! (she was quite thin when she was in her 20's and I was a little rounder :o )

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David got a job lot of stockings at a charity shop - the old Aristoc ones, with seams. Only trouble is, they are so short, they stop just above my knee, and they don't stretch at all. Have put my hand through a couple just trying to pull them up - and that brings back memories!